Ponder
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ponder¹
- /ˈpɒn.də/ UK
- /ˈpɑn.dəɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ɒndə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderāre (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.
verb ponders · pondering · pondered
- To wonder, think of deeply. Some days, the whole cast of crabs would come out of their holes and ponder at the Fishers as if a storm is taking form.
- To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly. I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.
- To weigh.
Similar: cogitate, deliberate, afterthink, agitate, bethink, call to mind, chew, chew over, chew the cud, consider, contemplate, introspect
noun ponders
- A period of deep thought. I lit my pipe and had a ponder about it, but reached no definite conclusion.
Ponder²
proper noun Ponders
- A surname.
- A ghost town in Ripley County, Missouri, United States.
- A town in Denton County, Texas, United States.
